Bury Your Gutter Downspout

Why a landscaper shouldn t install underground downspout extensions.

Bury your gutter downspout.

Some homeowners use gutter splash pans or downspout extensions to move the water away. I ended up digging about 120 long in 4 hours. A tutorial on how to bury a gutter downspout to move water away from the house. Expect to pay more if the route is obstructed by tree roots or pavement.

Start laying your drain pipe by attaching a 90 degree angle pipe to the gutter downspout. Gutter downspouts that drain freely into a splash tray beside your house can cause serious water damage including flooding your crawl space or basement. My solution to this problem was to ignore them as much as possible and just keep digging. To avoid these problems bury your gutter downspout and direct the storm water flow away from your house.

In this instance be sure that the drain is buried under at least 4 6 inches of soil to keep it from freezing when filled with water causing a backup into the downspout and possible damage to your gutters. Most homeowners know it s important to move water that is discharged by their downspouts away from their foundations if they want to avoid seepage in the basement. However there are many good reasons why people might bury a downspout. And if you know my husband he was a home insurance adjuster for 5 years and worries about lots of possible losses.

If your yard is sloped away from the house then the slope of your trench should end at least 12 inches lower than the beginning. Cover the inside of the fitting with pvc cement and push it into the lower end of the gutter downspout. If you want a neater look try burying the downspouts. All of our gutters do not do a very good job of getting the water away from the house.

Aug 29 2012 by matthew stock with don sulda. Occasionally downspouts are fitted in such a way that lets the water come out of the downspout to spread into the garden with the use of an extender. You can hire a professional to dig a trench and bury a drain pipe for about 12 to 25 a foot.